for the tabloids. you have this beautiful woman, a tall handsome guy. greed, infidelity. he s sleeping around with other women. a failing marriage with millions at stake. he didn t have anybody of his own. this is getting ugly. yes. she said we re broken, and she cried. was it a fall on the top or a husband s fall from grace? we believe it was a staged accident. he was adamant about his innocence. the case bothered me for a long time. he said to me, you have to help me kill my parents. you can t even think of the magnitude of it all. hello and welcome to dateline. shelly and rod coveland met and married in a matter of months. soon they had two young children, a nest egg worth millions. and then on the brink of a new year, tragedy struck. pointing to a diabolical truth that would tear two families apart. here is endgame. normally full of lights with people rushing somewhere or nowhere. take a short walk uptown maybe, 25 minutes on foot. i started
bare his dark history of drug abuse. we re live at the courthouse. plus, a new look at the raid that freed four hostages in gaza, the blistering cross fire and mishap with the get away car before a final dramatic escape by helicopter. we ll have those details. and when a former president meets his probation officer, donald trump faces questions on everything from his mental health to his living situation. what we know about his presentencing interview today. plus, what you haven t seen from the day of the insurrection. the new video obtained by msnbc of the chaos and confusion on january 6th, including the questions congressional leaders were asking in realtime about why the national guard hadn t shown up. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. but we begin with nbc s mike memoli outside the courthouse in wilmington. mike, the defense has argued that hunter biden s state of mind is critical when considering the charges against him. what are
good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart, and we begin this busy hour with hunter biden s felony gun trial. the defense rested without calling hunter biden to the stand. moments ago the prosecution called an fbi agent back to the stand for a rebuttal. joining us now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian outside the courthouse. also with us, david henderson, a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. ken, what s the latest from the courtroom, and what can we be expecting today? reporter: good morning, jose. the prosecution has now rested, but not before that fbi agent provided devastating testimony about evidence of hunter biden s drug use the day before and the day after he purchased that handgun on october 12th, 2018. some of this evidence had already been in, but then there was some new evidence where she talked about geo locating his phone to a 7-eleven in wilmington, delaware, and also introduced eviden
questions from a probation officer, paving the way for his july sentencing. everything about it, from the timing to the topics may be standard for a convicted felon but is unlike anything trump has ever faced. so how will he handle it? how could what happens today move the needle for judge juan merchan as he makes the decision on whether trump will actually serve time? closing arguments under way right now in hunter biden s trial. it is getting interesting. potentially paving the way for jury deliberations later today. could today also be verdict day for the first child of a sitting president tried on felony charges. secretary of state antony blinken pointing the finger squarely at hamas insisting they are the only ones standings in the way of a peace plan that could bring the israeli hostages home and end the war in gaza for good. how can he say that when it s still not clear if prime minister benjamin netanyahu is actually on board? so a very busy monday. we start wit
your homes during these x-ray times. ari melber and the beat. start now . this was too good. i love packer. i m glad you had him on. thank you, nicolle. welcome to the beat. in ari melber. donald trump await sentencing. he did his mandated interview with the probation officer today part of his life as a convicted felon. these meetings are a staple in the legal world. the procedure can impact potential jail sentencing. it is widely known in legal and pop-culture. i probation officer is a joke. his name is david crockett. oh my gosh. you want to throw something at me? are you not on parole? plus i still get money, yes, eyeball. we are parole officer and i just want to help her parties was to help me? and if my p.o. ask settle down, i know that you might not be able to relate to me but i think i know somebody who you can relate to. little haul me. what up? don t trouble nobody. good rule of thumb. probation is part of the system. reporting to your p.o